Mars Rover Named "Curiosity"


	Mars Rover Named "Curiosity"

mcsmithblack

11-1-2009 4:07 PM

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mcsmithblack says:

Checking out the neighborhood. Who knows, maybe our grandkids will found a new civilization.
Check out Kim Stanley Robinson's "Mars" series (Red Mars, Blue Mars, Green Mars) for a take on what is reasonably possible. It's a great read. Does both the tech and social side of what such an effort could look like.

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                    "Curiosity" </FONT></SPAN></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2009/30oct_curiosity.htm?list1127571"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/science.nasa.gov/img/B7E5A1B0-79A7-4C95-B1D1-5D2C9D93524B" alt="see caption" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2009/30oct_curiosity.htm?list1127571"><FONT size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The 
                    small, car-sized rover will ramble about on the rocky surface, 
                    gizmos at full tilt, not only brushing dust off rocks but 
                    also vaporizing them with a laser beam, gathering samples 
                    to analyze on the spot, taking high resolution photographs, 
                    and more.</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2009/30oct_curiosity.htm?list1127571"><FONT size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">"Curiosity 
                    will be prospecting for organic molecules, the chemical building 
                    blocks of life," says Joy Crisp of NASA's Jet Propulsion 
                    Laboratory. "We want to find out whether Mars' environment 
                    was, or still is, capable of harboring life."</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2009/30oct_curiosity.htm?list1127571"><FONT size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">"The 
                    rock record is of particular interest," says Crisp. "It 
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